New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-12

this region grows. most Of the new railroads
will doubtless become ncedful and profitable
Though the country as whole may not be
benefited by so rapid migration westward,
tbe movement is one which cannot be cx-
pectcd to cease until the fertile lands OF the
! inferior have been well occupied.
The Agricultural Bureau has in some way made
n serious mistake unless its latest report is erron-
| eously quoted Either its statement Of wheat
acreage was about 900 600 acres out OF the way.
or the report showing an average yield OF 11.S
bushels TO the acre docs not justify the eXpccth-
ton Of nearly 5000, 900 bushels. AT that rate
the acreage must be about 3S,1OO,OOO' whereas the
! report Of the Bureau was that only 3IOOO,0OO
acres were sown. There is probably good reason
TO believe that the later report is the more trust
worthy Of the two, and that the yield now fore
Swallowed will prove more nearly correct than the
earlier estimates
The Importation Of moderate amount of Jersey
Justice might do something toward putting an
end TO the shocking crimes that disgrace Long
| Island.
Have not the Civil Service examiners made
mistake IN certifying Colonel r. F Rodenbough
rs cli.iLlc for appointment Chief Of Bureau
of Elections? lie is neither discharged soldier
nor sailor rs contemplated by the law. but is an
officer Of the Army on the retired list, drawing
70 pcr cent OF the pay Of n colonel on the active
list OF his date and is amcnabe 10 the " laws for
the better government OF the Army and the regu-
lations promug gated by the War Department.
very serious thing has happened to the Prcsi-
dent. lie has made himself ridiculous.
T1,c of labor commended tlefnSc
the American public by their decisive refusal to
pass Delegate Quinns resolution of sympathy
with the condemned Anarchists. ANY lasS positive
action would have done the Knights infinite harm
| Mr. Powlcrlys strong speech against the Anarch-
lists and his firm announcement that the purposes
OF the knights Of Labor are wholly antagonlstic
TO the principles Of these Chicago mob leaders IS
another proof OF his good sense. The American
reopc are emphaticay laboring people, and
they. have n warm sclf-intcrcst in promoting the
welfare Of wagc-carncrs. But when any organi-
zition social or political. which claims to repre-
sent them in any considerable number dares to
express sympathy with the alien apostles of dis
order, II signs its own death warrant
| two-thiris vote against sympathy with the
Anarchists in the Knights OF Labor General As
scmbly is n cheering sign. II the laboring men
! did but know il, the Anarchist class are their
worst enemies.
George Francis Train, feeding birds and talking
20 children in Madison Square, is n harmless and
even interesting character: George Francis Train
incl,ing craclx-braincd and awlcss crowds in
| Chicago 70 riot, might become dangerous. We
advise him TO come home as fast rs steam can
carry him. Tho children will be glad To see him
again. and nobody will be sorry.
The two Brooklyn Senate districts pretty
SURF TO be represented by Republicans for tho
next two years as they have been In the last
two The Hid is entirely safe; the struggle was
all over the nomination. The two strongest
candidates were each too strong to be nominated,
| and n compromise made on Eugene F O'Con-
| nor Mr. OConnor made galinnt contest last
wear against Congressman Peter Paul Mahoncy and
cut Peter Pauls plurality Of two years before
down over 1000. His election 70 the Senate IS
certain In Mr.. Jacobss old district Senator
| Worth has been rcnomnntcd lie won the last
time by n plurality OF 953. and IT is extremely
doubtful whether any Democrat can make serious
inroads on that this fall.
| Common remark: well, i voted for Mr..
Cleveland, but must say am not proud of his
school-boy speeches
Police Commissioners NoorlnS ana forter III
effect claim that Irving Hall cast over 10000
votes AT the last election or course the Demo
cratic state Convention believed this when it
kicked Irving Hall out into the cold.
1.-The Syracuse Courier gees of into double
loaded transports because the two factions into
which the Democracy Of Onondaga County Is
divided have buried their respective hatchets
The hatchcts arc sharp and bloody and have done
mcrciIcss execution But let "11e Courier re-
joicc with trembling seeing that any moment the
weapons may bc dug mp and the earnest sangu-
nary exercises resumed 1t is pretty we'll under
stood in political circles that the truce which has
lcen patched up Is for revenue only
| pcrhars one reason why Henry Watterson loves
his profession So much is because he gets treated
80 well in It, lie enjoys the odd distinction of
being the man In journalism with whose
opinions every quarrels, but whose personality
every one admircs.
man died in St. Louis the other day who, so
IT Is reported, once had an opportunity afforded
him Of buying plot OF Western land for $40 that
now Is worth 25,o6000o. That is nothing.
Why, in ls60-6l Jefferson Davis Ind an oppor-
tuni,y afforded him OF taking his stand with the
defenders OF the Union. How some persons do
miss 1T.
The fact that the President suppressed the Cy-
clopedia part OF his Chicago speech shows that
he knows IL hurts a pubS man TO be laughed at
One OF the most tcnderly benevolent institutions
on the continent is "1he Buffalo Times" How
can it be otherwise, seeing that THE Tines has
established a poets corner from which no
rhymcstcr is excludedp The phcnomenaly hos
pitable corner bears the legend Nothing will
be repeated, nothing thrown away" Accordingly
broad. deep waste basket is conspicuous by its
absence from the corner and no critical and